Eve Muirhead refuses to set GB medal target for 2026 Winter Olympics The Team GB chef de mission for the Winter Olympics next year, Eve Muirhead, has said it would be unfair to set a medal target for Britain’s athletes in Milano-Cortina.
“It’s very much an alpine skiing winter feel, they have World Cup events yearly, and I think that is just perfect for a Winter Olympics,” Muirhead said of the location.
With a year to go before the Games begin, Muirhead expects Team GB to take about 50 athletes to Italy, qualification depending.
She is enthused by the prospect of Milan and Cortina’s four geographical “clusters” of activity and remains positive that the rebuilding of the 100-year-old sliding track in Cortina will be completed in time, with Lake Placid in the US acting as a backup venue.
Muirhead was part of the women’s curling team that claimed Britain’s only gold medal at Beijing in 2022.
